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Functional

ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃən(ə)l

Functional definitions

adjective

Inflections:

functional

of or having a special activity, purpose, or task

"a functional role"
- relating to the way in which something works or operates
  
  "there are important functional differences between left and right brain"
- (of a disease) affecting the operation, rather than the structure, of an organ
  
  "functional diarrhoea"
- (of a mental illness) having no discernible organic cause
  
  "functional psychosis"
designed to be practical and useful, rather than attractive

"a small, functional bathroom"

Synonyms:
practical useful utilitarian utility workaday serviceable
in operation; working

"the museum will be fully functional from the opening of the festival"

Synonyms:
working in working order functioning effective usable in service in use
relating to a variable quantity whose value depends upon one or more other variables

"using functional notation, we can write—where L is the transactions demand for money"